- Do You Procrastinate?
So you've taken the plunge and started writing a book? Congratulations on taking the first step. But now you have to find ways to keep yourself motivated to keep going...
- How to Master the Art of Writing Dialogue
Dialogue is probably one of the most important things to master in your writing. Dialogue creates action. It shows rather than tells. And GOOGLE ADSENSE it's a great way to define your characters without stopping the story to write description, which will slow down your pace.
- Keep Your Sentences Focused and to the Point
Studies show most readers can easily and quickly assimilate sentences of between twelve and eighteen words in length. GOOGLE ADSENSE Sentences of more than eighteen words or about two lines either slow them down and require rereading, or get misunderstood.
- 3 Ways to Make Your Mystery Stand Out in the Crowd
The mystery novel has never been more popular than it is today. People love reading them . . . and writers love writing them.
- Hidden Gems in the Grammar Checker
Some of the grammar checker's comments are quite annoying. For example, what use is it to know that you have used the passive, if there is no explanation of what the passive is and why you should not use it?
- Bring It To A Point – A Closure Technique
Some people have a problem with starting a story. I don’t. I have a problem with finishing them. I know where I want to go, but getting there can be a problem.
- The Power of Your Novel's First Sentence
Here's what happens (and I bet you do this too): a book jumps out at you at the bookstore. It might be the colors, an image on the spine, an author's name, or the title, but something draws your attention...
- Stephen King and the Road to Hell for Writers
If you look for advice on your writing, surf the Internet and you will find advice galore. One writing site tells you that one reason we plunk down money for writers like Stephen King is because they use adverbs to make their writing interesting.
- How to Breathe Life into Your Characters
A clever plot will draw readers to your book but if they don't care about your characters you will soon lose them. The most exciting stories, the ones you remember long after the book is closed are those...
- Will Print On Demand Help Me Get an Agent?
Have you contemplated taking your writing to 'print on demand' or 'POD' status? If so, you aren’t alone. Many entrepreneurial writers who have had difficulty finding a literary agent (or who have been hesitant or unwilling to send out dozens of queries)...
- What Will Your Character Do When Disaster Strikes?
Most people have seen the character worksheets that encourage writers to identify everything from shoe size and favorite food to sexual turn ons and turn offs. And while knowing your character's most treasured possession might come in handy...
- Capturing Ideas
Non-writers often ask, "Where do you get your ideas?" The answer is everywhere. A word or phrase can fire a writer's imagination. Overhearing a conversation in a café, or the way a person...
- Tips on Creating an Interesting Title
When it comes to creating titles, I know of no other writer who does it so well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did. Even Agatha Christie, the Queen of Mystery, never produced a title as intriguing as those of Doyle.
- Writing Again After Life Upheaval
Storms of life can leave you battered and shipwrecked from your writing. Whatever the crisis, the resulting chaos can dam up your ability to create. It’s difficult, sometimes nearly impossible, to be creative...
- Scriptwriting - The Five Key Points of Story Structure
One thing is true of all stories. They all have a beginning, middle and end. Film scripts typically run from 100 to 120 pages with each page representing about a minute of screen time...
- Writing For Children and Teens - Should You Outline Your Story Before Writing?
Writing For Children and Teens. Part of the writing process is experimenting. Writers differ on their opinions about outlining--some love it, some hate it, and some are mixed.
- How To Be More Focussed
How focused is your creative writing? How consistently do you write? How far do you get with the creative writing projects most important to you before losing momentum?
- How To Write A Mystery - The Right Beginning
You want to write a mystery novel, you have a terrific idea, you know who kills whom and why. You have a great detective and think the killer is ...killer. Where do you start?
- Does Your Theme Contain Character, Conflict, Resolution?
For a theme to work and the story, which will revolve around the theme, it has to contain three things: Character, Conflict and Resolution
- 5 Ideas to Confidently Unleash Your Creative Writing Skills
Most people are under the impression that only a select number of people are able to write creatively and confidently. They have a gift or have gone to school to learn the secrets to confidently write creative articles, blogs, and books...
- Creative Writing Ideas
There is a technique called 'concept combination' which is to create new products to sell. Use it to create new stories, and it is usually good for a few laughs and a few ideas as well...
- Ten Writing Tips For Budding Authors
For me the most important tip is to write, write every day, 365 days a year. Remember practice makes perfect.
- First Step in Publishing Short Stories - Reading
When I took composition classes in college, I often became frustrated with all the reading I had to do, story after story after story, many times thousands of pages per assignment...
- Become a Freelance Travel Writer in 10 (not-so-easy) Steps
What's not so easy about becoming a travel writer? You travel, write down everything you see and hear, sprinkle in your incredibly funny personal experiences, and send an article off to a dozen editors...
- Six Simple Steps to Sensible Editing
O.K., so you've finished your story or article, you've breathed a sigh of relief and are just about to reach for the envelope and stamps when the Good Writers' Fairy raps you smartly on the head and whispers...
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